Table 2.
Characteristics of food supplements in the programme in two provinces, Iran, March–September 2014
| Qazvin | Semnan | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |
| Method of food supplement distribution | ||||
| Food basket | 92 | 41·4 | – | |
| Food voucher | 130 | 58·6 | – | |
| E-card | – | 140 | 100·0 | |
| Interval of supplementary food distribution | ||||
| Monthly | 164 | 75·3 | 6 | 4·4 |
| Bimonthly | 49 | 22·5 | 36 | 26·3 |
| Every 3 months | 5 | 2·3 | 68 | 49·6 |
| Every 4 months or more | – | 27 | 19·7 | |
| Person who consumed supplementary food | ||||
| Only target child | 9 | 4·1 | 4 | 3·0 |
| Target child and other children in the household | 21 | 8·7 | 7 | 5·2 |
| Target child and other members of family | 189 | 87·2 | 124 | 91·8 |
| Non-food item(s) in the food basket | ||||
| Yes | 26 | 12·0 | 25 | 14·5 |
| No | 191 | 88·0 | 110 | 85·5 |
| Junk food in the food basket | ||||
| Yes | 45 | 20·7 | 25 | 18·5 |
| No | 172 | 79·3 | 110 | 81·5 |
| Received basket compared with the designed one | ||||
| Same | 97 | 44·7 | – | |
| Different | 120 | 55·3 | 135 | 100·0 |